Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Trading and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 9.33% or 410.0 points to trade at 4805.0 at the close. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) added 3.17% or 127.0 points to end at 4128.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) was up 2.52% or 46.5 points to 1893.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 9.18% or 18.6 points to trade at 184.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.29% or 21.0 points to end at 469.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 3.56% or 83.0 points to 2246.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1498 to 1473 and 365 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.29% to 17.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.19% or 0.10 to $53.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1238.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 113.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 120.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.52.